Exodus 20:17
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17 (A)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (B)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Romans 13:9
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9 For the commandments, (A)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
Luke 12:15
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15 And He said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
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- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
Hebrews 13:5
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5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, (A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Colossians 3:5
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5 (A)Therefore put to death (B)your members which are on the earth: (C)fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (D)which is idolatry.
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Ephesians 5:5
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5 For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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- Ephesians 5:5 NU know this
Romans 7:7
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Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (B)“You shall not covet.”
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Ephesians 5:3
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3 But fornication and all (A)uncleanness or (B)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Habakkuk 2:9
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9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (A)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [a]power of disaster!
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- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
Micah 2:2
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2 They (A)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Jeremiah 5:8
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8 (A)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Job 31:9
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9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
1 Timothy 6:6-10
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6 Now godliness with (A)contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, [a]and it is (B)certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be (C)content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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- 1 Timothy 6:7 NU omits and it is certain
Acts 20:33
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33 I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.
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Acts 5:4
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4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
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Luke 16:14
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The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom
14 Now the Pharisees, (A)who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they [a]derided Him.
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- Luke 16:14 Lit. turned up their nose at
Matthew 20:15
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15 (A)Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or (B)is your eye evil because I am good?’
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Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (B)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (C)poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They [a]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And (D)pervert the way of the humble.
(E)A man and his father go in to the same girl,
(F)To defile My holy name.
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- Amos 2:7 Or trample on
Jeremiah 22:17
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17 “Yet(A) your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
Isaiah 57:17
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17 For the iniquity of (A)his covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
(B)I hid and was angry,
(C)And he went on [a]backsliding in the way of his heart.
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- Isaiah 57:17 Or turning back
Isaiah 33:15
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15 He who (A)walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And (B)shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
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10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.
11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?
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